Alstone
Major Settlement in the Parish of Alstone
Historical Forms
- Ælfsigestun 969 ASChartxlvi 11th KCD805 1046–60 11th
- Helsistona 1183 AC
- Alsiston 1221 Ass 1300 Episc
- Alsinton 1201–3 Cur 1248 Ass
- Alston 1535 VE
- Aulston 1577,1610 M 1684 PR
Etymology
'Ælfsige's farmstead', v. tūn (cf. Wo 88). The pers.n. is OE Ælfsige , as in Alscot (i, 254supra ).